Name: Orange, Polenta and Almond Cake
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Makes: 8–10-portion cake
Ingredients: 100 g / 3½ oz candied orange and lemon peel, diced; 2 large oranges; 30 g / 1 oz flaked almonds; ½ tsp arrowroot; sugar to taste plain natural yoghurt for serving; 175 g / 6 oz golden caster sugar; 175 g / 6 oz butter; 3 eggs; 150 g / 5 oz fine maize / polenta flour; 120 g / 4 oz ground almonds; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 orange, grated zest and juice; 1 lemon, grated zest and juice

Preparation info

Makes:
8
–10-portion cake

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

About

A wheat-free cake made with maize flour or polenta and ground almonds; served with warm orange sauce and plain natural yoghurt.

Ingredients

175 g / 6 oz butter
175 g / 6

Method

Cream the butter with the sugar and grated orange and lemon zest until light and fluffy. Mix in the eggs beaten with the strained orange and lemon juice, and stir in the polenta, baking powder, the ground and flaked almonds, and candied peel. Spoon the mixture into the prepared baking tin and smooth level.

Bake in the preheated oven until a wooden skewer comes out clean from the centre.